Congregation Zera Abraham Records

Congregation Zera Abraham (The Seed of Abraham) is an orthodox congregation founded in 1887 by a group of Russian Jews from the unsuccessful agricultural colony of Cotopaxi in southwestern Colorado. Ed Grimes served as president and Mecheeol Solomon was the secretary. There was a Mikvah (ritual bath) at the rear of the property. The first Rabbi, David Radinsky, graduated from the Rabbinical College at Kovno, Lithuania. The organization also hosted one of the earliest known established Chevra Shaas organizations in America. It served primarily to encourage Torah and burials according to Orthodox traditions. Congregation Zera Abraham remains active with the West-side Jewish community in Denver and puts on a series of programs and events every year to promote torah-based living.